Community of Nations

Community of Nations Estmerish: Community of Nations Gaullican: Communauté des Nations Narodyn: Cообщество Націй Senrian: 반꼬꾸꾜우도우때 Weranic: Gemeinschaft der Nationen
Emblem
Headquarters	Kesselbourg City (international territory)
Official languages	Estmerish Gaullican Soravian Senrian Weranic
Type	Intergovernmental organization
Leaders
• Secretary-General	Ekaterine Beruchashvili
• Deputy Secretary-General for Personnel	Alessio Rosasco
• Deputy Secretary-General for Logistics	Branko Tuasalamony
Establishment
• Charter signed	12 February 1935 (1935-02-12)
• Charter entered into force	12 May 1935 (1935-05-12)
Website cn.int

The Community of Nations (abbreviated CN) is an international organisation established in the wake of the Great War to foster intergovernmental cooperation and prevent another major war. The headquarters of the Community is in Kesselbourg City, and enjoys a status as international territory. The organisation is financed by voluntary contributions by its member states, and its objectives include ensuring international peace and security, as well as promoting human rights and social development, protecting the environment, and organising international aid.

History

The Community of Nations was established in Kesselbourg City, Kesselbourg shortly after the Great War, for the purposes of organising and harmonising the international community, in particular in the hopes of mitigating the effects of the Great War and preventing such an event from occurring again. At its establishment up until the present day, it has had wide currency, with almost all widely recognised sovereign states being members of the CN.

Structure

International Assembly

The International Assembly is the main body of delegates to the Community of Nations; all countries recognised by majority vote in the International Assembly are entitled to send a single voting delegate to the International Assembly. The International Assembly is able to make motions on anything, but nothing it passes is binding except motions on whether to recognise states, to decide on appointments of members of its Committees, and to impeach Secretaries-General. The state in question, if already a member, is excluded from the voting on itself. Motions must be passed by a majority of voting delegates; a quorum is a simple majority of delegates.

General and Administrative Committee

The General and Administrative Committee (abbreviated as CGA, from Gaullican "Comité général et administratif") manages the operation of the Community of Nations; it arranges security, materials, interpreters, identification, and so forth for Committees and Commissions. It also deals with budgetary issues and oversees the bureaucracy of the CN. In its appointment, the International Assembly generally follows the recommendation of the Secretary-General and the Committees, as the roles are purely administrative.

The General and Administrative Committee is chaired by the Secretary-General, who is the chief bureaucrat of the Community of Nations. However, they are often seen as the face of the organisation and so have an important diplomatic role. The Secretary-General is elected every five years and rotates by region. The Secretary-General has two deputies: the Secretary for Logistics and the Secretary for Personnel. There is a convention that the positions of Secretary-General and their two deputies should be rotated between continents ensuring that of the senior leadership of the CN there always serves an Euclean, Asterian and Coian. Under these are several under-secretaries.

International Committees

There are five International Committees which have formal legislative powers. They make decisions by simple majority vote. All International Committees have permanent representatives from Estmere, Kirenia, Marchenia, Soravia, Senria, and Werania and a representative from each of the eight regions. These members are elected by their regional peers and serve terms of three years with no re-election allowed unless approved by the Secretary-General as a last resort (i.e., a deadlock results in failure to produce a candidate).

If abstention causes a draw, the Secretary-General acts as tiebreaker. If the Secretary-General abstains, the decision does not pass. Committee members from member states with non-permanent seats are elected by their region, but cannot serve another term until all other members of that region have served. They serve two year terms. Committee members from member states with permanent seats serve according to rules set by the members themselves.

Security Committee

The aim of the Security Committee is the preservation of peace. Its mission is to decide on such matters as intervention, peacekeeping and active monitoring of threats to global order. The committee oversees peacekeeping missions and authorizes Community of Nations mandates and economic sanctions as measures to maintain global peace.

The Security Committee, unlike other organs, allows members (both permanent and non-permanent) to veto motions. Vetoes can be overridden by the International Assembly by the following margins:

• Non-permanent member veto - 50% of IA votes.
• Permanent member veto - 75% of IA votes.
• Two-member veto - Unable to be overridden.

There are six permanent members and seven non-permanent members of the Security Committee. The non-permanent members are elected on a rotating basis for terms of three calendar years, one from each regional group. The International Assembly is responsible for electing new members of the committee. Terms are staggered so that three or four members are replaced at every election. Countries are not eligible to be re-elected to consecutive terms.

Distribution of seats in the Security Committee by regional group

Permanent members of the Security Committee

Country	Regional group
Template:Country data Estmere	Euclea East
Kirenia	Euclea West
Marchenia	Asteria North
Senria	Coius West
Soravia	Euclea West
Werania	Euclea East

Non-permanent members of the Security Committee

Term	Asteria North	Asteria South	Coius East	Coius North	Coius West	Euclea East	Euclea West
2019					Vacant	Gaullica
2020
2021	Vinalia	Aucuria	Vacant	Yemet			West Miersa
2022
2023

Economic Committee

The Economic Committee decides on economic and international financial matters.

Social Committee

The Social Committee rules on social, cultural, religious, humanitarian, and increasingly environmental matters.

Legal Committee

The Legal Committee interprets, negotiates and occasionally writes international law, and helps to solve disputes and develop legal systems.

Trusteeship Committee

The Trusteeship Committee helps states rebuild, aids decolonisation, and promotes self-determination and the legitimacy and stability of the nation-state. The only territory managed by the Trusteeship Committee at present is the continent of Glacia, through the International Condominium of Glacia; this arrangement is highly unusual compared to other trusteeships as it is permanent for the foreseeable future, and has long outlasted all other trusteeship territories. The result of this arrangement and its longevity is that the Trusteeship Committee is essentially inactive outside of its oversight of the International Condominium of Glacia's operation, to which it generally takes a hands-off approach.

Commissions

The Community of Nations has fifteen commissions designed to act as specialised agencies in executing the CN's aims and mandates:

Commission	Created	Purpose
Commission for Human Rights	1935	Promotion and protection of human rights as defined in the Declaration of Universal Natural Rights
Commission for Commerce and Trade Law	1935	Harmonising international trade law and resolving trade disputes
Commission for Refugees and Displaced Peoples		Refugee resettlement and support
Commission for Labour Standards		Promotes social justice and decent work through international labour standards. Includes representation from trade unions and employers' organizations.
Commission for Disarmament		Arms control and the prevention of arms proliferation
Commission for Cultural and Scientific Development		Promotion of cooperation in the cultural and scientific spheres and the preservation of cultural landmarks
Commission for Agriculture and Food Security		Intended to eradicate world hunger. Later expanded to also include agricultural development.
Commission for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion		Intended to combat epidemics and promote the development of good health
Commission for Water Sanitation and Security		Promotes water sanitation and provides relief in droughts
Commission for Economic and Social Development		Promotes economic development and the eradication of poverty
Commission for Habitation and Shelter		Promotes housing and mitigates the negative effects of overpopulation
Commission for Maritime Boundaries		Governs international sea boundary law
Commission for the Protection of Women		Deals with women's issues
Commission for the Affairs of Indigenous Peoples	2001	Deals with indigenous issues
Commission for Climate Action	2014	Deals with climate change issues

Criticism

From its earliest days, the CN has been criticized on a number of grounds. One perennial point of contention is its voluntary funding system, where member states are under no formal obligation to fund the ongoing work of the organization. This often results in serious budget shortfalls that lead to incomplete or cancelled programs, which particularly affects the poorest states which rely on the CN to provide basic humanitarian and security services. For the 2019–2020 budget period the CN had a €120 million operating deficit, the worst in nearly a decade, and the Secretary-General was forced to furlough staff and defer maintenance on buildings at headquarters. Reform proposals have been floated dozens of times to move to a mandatory assessment system that would stabilize the budget, but so far the Security Committee (which has a veto on matters affecting the Charter) has not allowed any proposed budget amendment to advance.

The nature and organization of the Security Committee have also been roundly criticized by states that feel the SC is an undemocratic and moribund institution. Telchìde Gliò, Permanent Representative of Montecara to the CN, has stated that the Security Committee's permanent membership "effectively freezes the power balance of international relations at an arbitrary point in the past" and that the lack of reform "absolutely guarantees that the committee will gradually become less and less representative of reality and therefore less respected when it is needed most." Reform proposals have included the abolition of permanent seats, the expansion of permanent seats to 10, 15, or 20 members, the expansion of non-permanent seats, and even the total abolition of the committee, with its duties taken up by the International Assembly. So far, no reform has been able to pass the committee itself.

See also

• Secretary-General of the Community of Nations